Robert Sarver, the managing partner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury franchises, is the focus of an ESPN report that details accusations from former and current employees who say Sarver has used racist and sexist language for years.
The NBA and WNBA have hired a law firm to investigate allegations in an expansive ESPN report that Phoenix Suns and Mercury managing partner Robert Sarver used racist and sexist language for years.
NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said in a statement that New York-based Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which investigated allegations of racism against former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling in 2014, will look into the matter.Bass called the allegations"extremely serious." The ESPN report cites examples of Sarver using the n-word and inappropriate language that in turn created a hostile work environment.
White and wondering why you can't use the n-word? Watch this 02:26"Let me be clear: The n-word is not part of my vocabulary," he said Thursday."I have never called anyone or any group of people the n-word, or referred to anyone or any group of people by that word, either verbally or in writing. I don't use that word. It is abhorrent and ugly and denigrating and against everything I believe in.
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